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Angel's Egg 1985
Prior to the production of Tenshi no Tamago, Oshii lost his faith in Christianity. The film seems informed by the existential desperation caused by the collapse of one's belief system. This information makes it clear that this is some of Oshii's most personal work.
As an almost silent film, Oshii demonstrates that he has mastered the art of storytelling without dialogue. Tenshi no Tomago offers immersive surrealism in a way that I've never seen before; with most of the plot…
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Texhnolyze 2003
Texhnolyze tells the story of the man-made city of Lux and the big parties of people vying for full control of it; but not in the traditional sense. The only people remaining in the run-down city of Lux are criminals and people near the end of their time. It ponders what will happen when human evolution can no longer go any further, and it's time for them to naturally die out. Many humans in Texhnolyze are now looking to artificially…
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